Heather Wentler The 3 Responses you always get when you try to change an ecosystem There are several definitions of the word ‘audacious’, but one of my favorites is “taking risks and offending people by defying convention, propriety or law.” That one pretty much encapsulates what it... Oct 7, 2018
Amy Gannon Let’s Stop Blaming Women for their Fear of Failure (And help them overcome it instead) By Amy Gannon I had an entrepreneur walk into a coaching session with me recently, and the first thing she told me was that she just spent $1,000 on fabric for curtains for her house. I wasn’t sure wh... Sep 24, 2018
Heather Wentler Let’s Talk about Depression and Entrepreneurship Kate Spade’s death was a heavy blow for me. Here was a woman — an extremely successful entrepreneur who I looked up to — who looked like she had it all. From what we know, her suicide was a surprise e... Aug 30, 2018
Amy Gannon Working 80-hour weeks makes you a bad CEO: How to set and keep boundaries as an entrepreneur We’re not a big fan of conventional wisdom about entrepreneurship at Doyenne. That’s because most of the conventional “wisdom” is built on the assumption that an entrepreneur is a man who has a stay-a... Aug 14, 2018
Amy Gannon An Invitation to Men in Madison’s Entrepreneurial ecosystem Checking your privilege is an inherently uncomfortable process for all of us . To build inclusive and equitable communities, those of us with privilege MUST learn to recognize the benefits we gain and... Jul 12, 2018
Doyenne Group (C), Heather Wentler Thinking Big Means planning for success, not failure Last month I talked about our Evergreen Fund and how we hope to see our applicants dreaming bigger and asking for more money. But let’s step back. We know how hard this is. Dreaming big and making big... Jul 1, 2018
Amy Gannon Women United not Divided: Three Generations of Women At Doyenne, we’re trying to transform the entrepreneurial ecosystem so that all entrepreneurs have an equal shot. Over the years, we have worked with women entrepreneurs ranging in age from 17 to 70. ... Jun 19, 2018
Heather Wentler The No. 1 reason your funding application was denied We just finished our third round of the Evergreen Fund , and we’ve realized it’s time to have a hard conversation about how entrepreneurs think about funding. Our Evergreen Fund has three investment l... May 29, 2018
Amy Gannon How to give and receive feedback In my last post, I talked about why, as a community of women, we need to have tough conversations — conversations about race and privilege and gender and intersectionality. But, If these conversations... May 14, 2018
Doyenne Group (C), Heather Wentler Why women aren’t at your conferences Every year, I shake my head when I see yet another women’s conference announced. In 2018 alone, there are more than 50 different national conferences focused on women in tech or entrepreneurship. Ther... Apr 26, 2018
Amy Gannon Why You're Going to Hear Things That Make You Uncomfortable From Doyenne We’ve taken a new approach to our blog since the beginning of 2018. Many of you have noticed. We’re living out our motto: Be Audacious. We’re calling out and naming the attitudes, policies, and behavi... Apr 16, 2018
Amy Gannon THIS IS WHAT IT’S REALLY LIKE TO PUT TOGETHER A CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN Finding funding for your venture is tough no matter who you are. There is no magic bullet. Securing funding is hard, time consuming, prepare for more “no” than “yes” responses, finding your niche, per... Mar 29, 2018
